PEGGIE
Originating From Fife, Scotland
The purpose of this web page is to try and trace some of the history of the Peggie family from it's probable origins in Fife, Scotland. During the 1800's Peggies were living in Wemyss, Falkland, Strathmiglo, Kettle, Leslie, Dysart, Markinch, Kirkcaldy, Perth and Edinburgh. The earliest mention of the Peggie name that I have come across so far is an Isabel Peggie married in Leuchers, Fife in 1735. It looks like the name Peggie may be an adaption of the name Piggie or Pigge.
So far my personal family research has led to Wemyss, Fife. My research has found three branches of the Peggie Family living in Wemyss in the early 1800's. My family is descended from James Peggie married in 1792 to Jean Thompson in West Wemyss.
Description of the parish of Wemyss in 1862
"Wemyss, on the south shore of the county, derives its name from the Celtic ‘Wamh’ meaning caves, a number of which may be found in the rocks on the seashore. The parish is bounded by Markinch, Scoonie, Kennoway and Dysart. It measures about 6 miles by 1.5. The parish is in excellent cultivation, producing great quantities of potatoes and turnips. Ochre and ironstone are found, but the principal mineral is coal of which from 50000 to 60000 tons are produced annually. The manufactures of the parish consist mainly of ducks, dowlas, sheetings, huckabacks, diaper and canvas. There are 8 villages in the parish: West Wemyss, East Wemyss, Buckhaven (one of the largest fishing villages in Fife), Methil (with a fine harbour), Kirkland (with extensive spinning, weaving and bleaching works), Coaltown of Wemyss, East Newtown of Wemyss and Methilhill (which last 3 are all mining villages. The parish church is at East Wemyss, with a chapel of ease at West Wemyss. There is a Free Church at East Wemyss and a UP Church at Buckhaven. " edited from Westwood's Directory for the counties of Fife & Kinross published 1862.
Family #1
………………1 James Peggie b: 1772? m 2/20/1792 Wemyss
…………………+ Jean Thomson
………………..2 George Peggie b 1796 Wemyss
………………..2 Alexander Peggie b 1799 Wemyss m: 1/5/1818 Wemyss d:1873 Wemyss
…………………..+ Margaret Warrander
………………….3 James Peggie (Pigge) b 10/18/1818 Wemyss m: 7/26/1839 Wemyss, Fife
……………………+ Jane Russel
..........................3 Georgina Peggie b: 6/29/1828 Wemyss (Unmarried)
…………………….4 Mary/Marjory Peggie b: 11/17/1839 Wemyss, Fife Unmarried Lived with Jane&Robert Dall Wemyss
…………………….4 Margaret Peggie b: 2/27/1842 Wemyss, Fife
…………………….4 Jane Peggie b: 4/14/1844 Wemyss, Fife m: 1868 Wemyss (Robert Dall) 6 children
…………………….4 Thomas Peggie b 3/24/1850 m 1870 Dysart (miner?)
……………………….+ Margaret Gray
……………………….5 Matthew Peggie b:1878 Crofthead, Linlithgow
……………………….5 Margret Peggie b: 1880 Bathgate
…………………….4 Alexander Peggie b:7/71846 Dysart, Fife c 6/19/1852 Wemyss m 11/20/1866 Dysart (miner, baker) d:1910 Saline, Fife
……………………...+ Helen Galloway b 7/22/1849 Bathgate
.………………………5 James Peggie b: 5/3/1867 Wemyss, Fife (miner,bricklayer at pit)
.………………………...6 John Peggie b: 8/13/1898
.………………………...6 Lizzie Peggie b: 9/2/1899
.………………………...6 James Peggie b: 10/6.1904
.………………………...6 Mary Bruton b:1903 - Guardian
.………………………...6 Robert Bruton b: 1908 Guardian
.………………………5 Robert Galloway Peggie b: 3/17/1869 Mid Calder, Midlothian (miner,gardener lived Eskbank)
………………….……5 Elizabeth Peggie b: 1870
.………………………5 Alexander Peggie b: 4/28/1871 Uphall, W. Lothian (miner,fishmonger lived Comrie)
.………………………5 Andrew Peggie b: 12/21/1873 Whitburn, W. Lothian (miner,teacher in Bathgate)
.………………………5 Thomas Peggie b: 1879 (miner,owned post office in Dunfermline)
.………………………...6 Christine Peggie b: 6/15/1909
.………………………...6 Alexander Peggie b 1/5/1911
.………………………...6 Adam Peggie b: 8/8/1912 Saline
.………………………...6 Helen Peggie b: 11/5/1914 Saline
…………………….…5 Helen (Nellie) Peggie b: 1881 (ran post office Saline)
………………….……5 Nisbit G. Peggie b: 1883 (played football for Hibs, gardener)
.………………………...6 Isabella Peggie b: 10/26.1908
.………………………...6 Helen Peggie b 3/7/1913
………………….……5 David Anderson Peggie b: 1886 Fauldhouse, W. Lothian (miner, baker, policeman, army (WW1))
………………………….+ Betsy Jane Paterson b: 1885 Alva
.………………………...6 Alexander (Sanny) Peggie b: 8/9/1913 Saline
…………………………….+ Ella
……………………………….7 David Peggie
.…………………………6 Bessie Peggie b: 6/20/1914
…………………………….+ William Young
……………………………….7 Betty Young
……………………………….7 William Young
……………………………….7 David Young
……………………………….7 Melvyn Young
……………………………….7 Jennifer Young
.…………………………6 Helen Peggie
…………………………….+ Thomas Brown
……………………………….7 Betty Brown
……………………………….7 Helen Brown
.…………………………6 James Paterson Peggie b: 8/24/1924 Alva d:12/5/1999 Perth
..…………………………..+ Erika Elisabeth Koorem b: 7/71925 Kuressare, Estonia d: 8/22/2007 Perth
……………………………….7 David Anderson Peggie b: 12/3/1954 Perth
………………………………..+Sheena Jones b: 11/28/1957 Ardrossen
…………………………………..8 Sarah May Peggie b: Glasgow
…………………………………..8 Louise Valerie Peggie b: Glasgow
…………………………………..8 Rachel Peggie b: Glasgow
…………………………….….7 James Paterson Peggie b: 8/20/1957 Perth
…………………………………+ Kimberly Ann Kingsley b: 10/2/1964 Scottsdale, Arizona
……..……………………………8 Anna Elisabeth Peggie b: 8/25/1998 Scottsdale, Arizona
………………………………..7 Eric Bernard Peggie b: 10/23/1959 Perth
Family #2
.1 David Peggie b: 1809 m: 1829 Wemyss
..+ Margeret Low b: 1808 Wemyss
....2 James Peggie b. 1830 Wemyss
..... + Elisabeth Forrester b: 1831 Wemyss
........3 David Peggie b: 1857 Wemyss
........3 James Peggie b : 1860 Wemyss
........3 John Peggie b: 1864 Wemyss
........3 Elizabeth Peggie b: 1862 Wemyss
....2 John Peggie b. 1835 Wemyss m: 1864 Dysart
......+ Betsy Hutchison b: 1839 Wemyss
........3 David Peggie b: 1865 Wemyss
........3 Thomas Peggie b: 1868 Wemyss Miner
............+ ?
................4 John Peggie b: 1900? Miner
...................+ ?
.......................5 Ella Peggie b: 1923 Wemyss
.......................5 Robert Peggie b: ? Colliery Electrician
........3 John Peggie b: 1870 Wemyss
........3 Christina Peggie b: 1874 Wemyss
........3 Margaret Peggie b: 1875 Wemyss
....2 George Peggie b. 1837 Wemyss m: 1854 Wemyss
........+ Janet Wyles b: 1841 Wemyss
........3 Alexander Peggie b: 1873 Wemyss
........3 George Peggie b: 1877 Wemyss
........3 Janet C. A. Peggie 1880 Wemyss
....2 David Peggie b. 1840 Wemyss m: 1864 Dysart
.......+ Elizabeth Christie b: 1846 Wemyss
........3 Elizabeth Peggie b: 1871 Wemyss
........3 Johan Peggie b: 1874 Wemyss
....2 Alexander Peggie b 1845
....2 Stephen Peggie b. 1847 Wemyss m: 1870 Dysart
.......+ Janet Mercer b: 1851 Kennoway Fife
.........3 David Peggie b: 1871 Wemyss m: 1892 Buckhaven d: 1936 Buckhaven
.............+ Elizabeth Ramage Neish
.................4 Catherine Lister Neish Peggie born 3/13/1892 d: 6/1/1904
.................4 James Mercer Peggie b: 12/28/1894
.................4 Elizabeth Ramage Neish Peggie b: 6/3/1897 m: 1815 Died 2/16/1950
....................+ James Imrie
.................4 Jessie Mercer Peggie b:? m: 1918
....................+ Robert Lamb Herd b: 1889
.....................5 James Herd b: 8/9/1914 m: 1940 lived Australia
.....................5 Elizabeth Herd b:? m 1942
.....................5 David Herd b: 1924 d: 1927
.....................5 Margaret Ross Lamb Herd b: 12/14/1921 m: 1948 d: 10/17/2000
.....................5 Robert Lamb Herd b: 1923? m:1950
.................4 Mary Mercer Peggie b: 7/19/1899 d: 5/ 9/1904
.................4 Stephen Morris Peggie b: 11/2/1901 lived Michigan
.................4 Charlotte Anne Neish Peggie b: 6/10/1904 d: 3/4/1906
.................4 Davina Peggie b: 8/20/1908 d: 11/27/1945 lived Michigan
.................4 Marion Lister Neish Peggie b: 5/1/1910 m: 1929 lived Michigan
.....................+ Peter Ross
.........3 Andrew Peggie b: 1877 Innerleven, Fife
.........3 Janet Peggie b: 1879 Innerleven
Family #3
George Peggie b: 1806 Wemyss m: 9/19/1831
+ Janet Burt
.......James Peggie b: 1/24/1832 Wemyss
.........+ Jane Moyes b: 1833 Dunfermline
.............Andrew Peggie b: 1871 Edinburgh
.......George Burt Peggie b: 6/20/1835
As this research is a continuing work in progress, please contact me if you have any information to add, update, change etc.
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